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'Description of a large fish' by Dr Samuda, Lisbon

Reference number: RBO/11/75

Date: 21 January 1723

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Translation from a Portuguese Gazette - resembling a whale, the fish was 85 spans in length
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Read to the Royal Society on 14 February 1722

Reference number
RBO/11/75
Earliest possible date
21 January 1723
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Description of a large fish' by Dr Samuda, Lisbon, 21 January 1723, RBO/11/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_75/description-of-a-large-fish-by-dr-samuda-lisbon, accessed on 14 July 2025

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